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Mace bot assault

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Bot lab economy start committing early to Mace-led T1 bot assault from 2:10, pushing into the middle and occasionally into the enemy base.

#rush #push · 70 distinct matches · 18 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 54% of 71 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:10 · 11% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 11% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 1:57
  • MaceMace in 94%5% of all Suicide front games by then
  • CenturionCenturion in 44%11% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 71 games with kill data: in the middle 96%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,153 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (10% of army), centurion (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Mace by 2:10

  1. Open Bot Lab immediately with mex spread as usual.
  2. Push Mace assault out earlier than the role's normal pace.
  3. Lead with Mace to push middle and pressure the enemy base.
  4. Mix in Centurion for anti-swarm support on the push.
  5. Keep heavy Mace numbers flowing as your main bot ball.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 70 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD SUICIDE FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:46, middle half 0:30–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (45%)

    By 0:29 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · typical 0:46
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. MaceT1 bot assault after 4 mex
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: wind (41%) · solar (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 rocketeer

    By 2:10 in all: 4 mex

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    30. Wind
    31. MaceMacedone 4:14
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine6Wind+3 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Mace11 Mace +11 vs standard

    Some games also: Beamer (44%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 16 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 7 wind (standard 4) · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. MaceMace ×6
    2. Mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Mace16 Mace +16 vs standard

    Some games also: centurion (39%) · Sentry (38%) · Radar Tower (37%) · Beamer (34%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 8 rocketeer

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 24 wind · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 93 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. MaceMace ×3
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×4
    5. Mex
    6. MaceMace ×2
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. SentrySentry
    22. MaceMace
    23. Con turret
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. MaceMace
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. MaceMace
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace ×3
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. MaceMace ×5
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Energy storage
    36. MaceMace ×2
    37. Mex
    38. MaceMace
    39. Energy storage
    40. MaceMace ×6
    41. ThugThug
    42. Mex
    43. Wind ×6
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Metal storage
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. TickTick ×4
    73. MaceMace ×6
    74. Con turret
    75. MaceMace ×6
    76. Wind ×2
    77. MaceMace
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 OS, 15/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:23 · in 46% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard suicide front

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

71 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard suicide frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard suicide frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard suicide front
1:003112260000
2:0097388931000
3:0020552051271180152106
4:0030513161796660575496
5:00417742431672141712301026
6:00534454342184230018681787
7:00649966724104317533612706
8:00749479244845403042603613
9:00873393165723479749214495
10:0010166106986738543258205318
11:0011501122537469591167766059
12:0013027141068173651880456829
13:0014529162269171702991307536
14:00157501809599657709102758373
15:001702220432107808348110459240
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Dealt noticeably more damage than the standard build for slightly higher losses, but team win rate came in a bit lower.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed above standard at every checkpoint (11209 vs 8172 by 15:00).
  • + Mace timing at 2:10 is far ahead of the role's usual pace.
  • − Team win rate 52% versus standard's 58%.
  • − Metal produced trails standard by 15:00 (18386 vs 19882).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

ManBearPig_

38.0 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
0 metal received · 34 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:46Middle 50%: 0:30–0:58 · n=71
Advanced Metal Extractor10:20Middle 50%: 8:58–11:15 · n=47

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